50% of Americans - Creationalists?

[creaturecat]

...... the statistic given by a local univ. prof - in the local newspaper - Can this be true?

[widebody911]

Wouldn't surprise me.

[Moneyguy1]

Never overestimate the public.

Also remember that 97.85% of all college professors who use stastics make them up as they go. Holds true for most true believers....

[Aurel]

Originally posted by Moneyguy1
Never overestimate the public.

Also remember that 97.85% of all college professors who use stastics make them up as they go. Holds true for most true believers....

And where did you get that 97.85% number from ? I would respectfully suggest that college professors are not the only ones making up statistics...

Aurel

[david914]

Three types of liars;
-Liar
-Damned Liar
-Statistician

[lendaddy]

Right around the same number that believe humans are causing/have the power to reverse global warming. Coincidence?

[Aurel]

There is also a similar split between those who voted for Bush and those who voted against him. Correlation ?

Aurel

[Aurel]

So, can we safely say that those are the same 50% who beleive:

1- That the earth was created 7,000 years ago in 7 days
2- That burning fossil fuels is good for the environment
3- That global warming is part of a natural cycle and there is nothing to do about it, especially not stop wasting energy.
4- That Saddam and Osama Bin Laden were meeting on a regular basis on how to destroy the USA.
5- That all islamists in the world have the goal of invading the USA.
6- That all college professors are liberal liars, and education is useless anyways. All a good man needs is a pick-up truck, a bible and a rifle

Aurel

[widebody911]

6- That all college professors are liberal liars, and education is useless anyways. All a good man needs is a pick-up truck, a bible and an assault rifle

[island911]

Originally posted by creaturecat
...... Can this be true?

No; no it can't be true. The study results are provocative, and do not pass the pale . .. it is obviously flawed.

Said professor will need MORE FUNDING to investigate. .. . of course.

[Serge914]

Does it mean that the 50% that are not Creationalists are Atheists ?

[928ram]

Doesn't quite add up does it? I think the percentage of US citizen who suscribe to religion(s) is over 90%, and that's leaving aside those who worship rocks and spaceships. SO the conclusion I draw from this thread thus far is that ~40% of church attendees in the US are college professors doing research to prove that all liberals are athiests.

[dtw]

What about the Christians like me, who understand the first several books of the Bible to be highly allegorical and not to be interpreted literally? Which side am I on.

[djmcmath]

I'd suspect that even among people who claim the title "Creationist," relatively few are as conservative as I am, holding to the literal text.

[M.D. Holloway]

Creationism is a rather silly thought - but consider this, it is very possible that the first self replicating molecule capable of a very simple form of evolution may have been assembled in a solid state environment - or in simple terms; life began in clay!

[billyboy]

Creationism is a rather silly thought

No, thinking that a bunch a random pieces assembled themselves into an ordered universe is a silly thought. Sort of like the contents of the salvage yard turning into a space shuttle in a few million years.

[gaijindabe]

Originally posted by Aurel
So, can we safely say that those are the same 50% who beleive:

1- That the earth was created 7,000 years ago in 7 days
2- That burning fossil fuels is good for the environment
3- That global warming is part of a natural cycle and there is nothing to do about it, especially not stop wasting energy.
4- That Saddam and Osama Bin Laden were meeting on a regular basis on how to destroy the USA.
5- That all islamists in the world have the goal of invading the USA.
6- That all college professors are liberal liars, and education is useless anyways. All a good man needs is a pick-up truck, a bible and a rifle

Aurel

Your answers:

1 - No
2 - No
3 - Maybe, and No
4 - No
5 - No
6 - Mostly, No and No.

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally posted by billyboy
No, thinking that a bunch a random pieces assembled themselves into an ordered universe is a silly thought. Sort of like the contents of the salvage yard turning into a space shuttle in a few million years.

No disrespect, I hope none was taken.
There is a big difference between metal atoms assembling themselves in order to replicate, manipulate and metabolize. The science just doesn't work out. Organic assembly on the otherhand is very feasible. I taught a course in biogenisis years ago that, though complicated, spells it out rather nicely. Now, that being said, is there a God that created this? Well, it is a very Western way to think of God as a mechanic or technician of sorts, but if you condiser God in a bit of a different light, prehaps a much more abstract consideration based on the very spirit and soul, both creationism (the making of the human soul and not the human body) and evolution (bio-mechanics) can co-exist. They both have their places.

[Serge914]

Does creationism explain who, or what, created God ?

[bryanthompson]

About 90% of the world believes that God exists in one form or another. I think it's the minority 10% that have the burden of proving that he doesn't exist.

I stumbled upon an interesting quote on this topic:

The distinguished astronomer Sir Frederick Hoyle showed how amino acids randomly coming together in a human cell is mathematically absurd. Sir Hoyle illustrated the weakness of "chance" with the following analogy. "What are the chances that a tornado might blow through a junkyard containing all the parts of a 747, accidentally assemble them into a plane, and leave it ready for take-off? The possibilities are so small as to be negligible even if a tornado were to blow through enough junkyards to fill the whole universe!"